Show i iA A Washington Daybook j Tl t By RODNEY DUTCHER WASHINGTON Feb 23 One 23 One of the current ironies is that the unemployment unemployment relief reller issue commonly considered considered con as important as any now before beCore before be be- fore Core the country broke out in congress congress congress con con- gress just in time to be burled buried in the newspapers and In popular discussion discus discus- slon sion by the more spectacular warfare warfare warfare war war- fare in China That fact will wm not however deter your correspondent from announcing jug ing ng that he is practically the only person jerson in Washington who has read through the large pages of tiny type lype on which Senator La Follette of ol Wisconsin set forth the answers of mayors and officials of municipalities to his questionnaire on distress distress dis dis- dis tress conditions and the need for direct direct direct di di- federal relief 9 American mayors mayors brilliant brilliant and stupid sincere and phony honest and crooked crooked are are a fascinating lot lotAs As a group they are much nearer the people than congress One suggests without reference to the fact that many describe a sac sad situation and that a majority favored federal relief that their personal messages messages messages mes mes- sages to La Follette form a composite human document of or absorbing interest interest in terest whether proving anything or not They reported provision of relief for families of ot four ranging from 1 to 20 a week averaging A Afew Afew Afew few had no unemployment ment problem Scores burst with pride in stressing stressing stress stress- ing their ability to take care of our own o Others pleaded frantically for help Some were obviously callous to the he situation Many especially in the far west complained of transient na nates tes A very few warned that people were ripe for revolt Some said The less talk about unemployment ment the better for the country w wA w wA A great number urged No dole though hough few indicated that they knew what they meant by that Plenty of peas and corn a humble humble humble hum hum- ble but wholesome ration reported Mayor Hooper of Ala Our taxpayers have been skinned I out of all the they have former men menI of wealth are broke some of ot the shiftless shift I less may die of exposure said Furr Furry of Van Buren Ala Would not presume to advise on such a momentous question wrote Ithe the modest Clark of Hermosa Beach California Someone should make a poem about l Ia Mayor or Will Falley of Mill I ill Valley CaL Cai What a rh rhyme me Kindly quit fighting the administration he told La Fol- Fol lette iette We will vill fail faU to admire an obstructionist ob obi ob- ob Note Hon La Follette's secretary will please show him this and not pigeon hole it it il i Needles CaL Cat had its problem relieved relieved re reo re- re when its left town to look for work elsewhere Manager l Goodwin of San Jose By the way is coffee supposed to be more flourishing nourishing nour flour than wheat wheal I favor Cavor fewer questionnaires Ires I Marshall of Hialeah Fla said employment employment em em- plo ment had increased thanks to torace torace torace race track building V Village President Saunders of LaGrange LaGrange La La- Grange Ill urged that the federal federa government be operated as efficiently as LaGrange I cannot give an intelligent answer answer an an- said Bills of Mattoon Ill re federal relief I think we are overdoing it here said Baldwin of Horton Iowa reporting report ing that families of four there received re re- re a week relief relict All we get from the presidents president's committee in Washington is worthless advice wrote Lamkin of or Alexandria LaFace La Face the real issue make laws for forthe forthe the he great reat common people instead of Europe and the big money interests demanded Lytle of Iowa And Geer of or Wauseon Ohio Mr La LaFollette LaFollette LaFollette Follette thank you for thinking of ot small towns at a time like this Davies of Taylor Pa Believe me sir charity is good but not enough Hudson of Clarksville Mo Man Ian is endowed with sufficient qualifications to make his own meat meal City Attorney Attorney ne ney Cohen Hamtramck Mich The welfare department was forced to cut from rom its list all families in which there were two children or less |